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... examples of a proverb meaning to be blissfully happy ( ' in caelo esse ' , and the like ) . But there was also surely a ... example of the Giants ) , Virgil , Georgics iv . 325 ' quid me caelum sperare iubebas ? ' ( Aristaeus , of course ...
... examples of a proverb meaning to be blissfully happy ( ' in caelo esse ' , and the like ) . But there was also surely a ... example of the Giants ) , Virgil , Georgics iv . 325 ' quid me caelum sperare iubebas ? ' ( Aristaeus , of course ...
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... example , 780 , 849 . 605. nymphe : Ovid uses the Greek nominative ten times in the Metamorphoses , seemingly just for metrical convenience . Others ( Horace , for example ) , prefer the Greek forms for a more elevated style , nabat ...
... example , 780 , 849 . 605. nymphe : Ovid uses the Greek nominative ten times in the Metamorphoses , seemingly just for metrical convenience . Others ( Horace , for example ) , prefer the Greek forms for a more elevated style , nabat ...
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... example cf. Cicero , Aratea , fr . 37. 1-3 Buescu , where Cicero addresses the frogs although Aratus had not done so . But here the apostrophe seems pretentious and so half- comic - in keeping with Achelous ' character . 731. complexi ...
... example cf. Cicero , Aratea , fr . 37. 1-3 Buescu , where Cicero addresses the frogs although Aratus had not done so . But here the apostrophe seems pretentious and so half- comic - in keeping with Achelous ' character . 731. complexi ...
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